Tuesday, 15 October 2013

Woolly adventures!

To coincide with wool week I have been playing with my fleeces that I bought earlier in the year. I found the picture at a boot sale it was an educational school poster, I have a bit of a thing for old school posters. I don't know what it is the colours, the themes or nostalgia? We have lots in our house and I keep adding to our collection, I'll show you some more one day. Also just mentioning that Annie at knitsofacto has a fantastic giveaway to enter so head over to have a read about Wensleydale sheep.
Anyway on with the wool....

washing, drying in the lovely sunny days we have had over the last few weeks and storing in old pillowcases.

dyeing

and spinning...

From Pinkipunki on Etsy- teeswater locks for extreme tail spinning, yet to be extremely spun.

I love wool.................... soon I will show you my lovely new knitting book from Tiny Owl Knits. It's ammmaaazzzziiinnnggg. Ohh and my first fleece to finished item project if I hurry and finish it,
Have a great week,
Sarah

9 comments:

Wow! I have just been given a raw fleece. I have never had one before and am looking forward to working out what to do. What do you use to wash your fleece and do you wash bits at a time or all of it together? Have you got any tips on stopping it felting?

I'm impressed that's a lot of work. The colours you've achieved are beautiful. Well done! you have more patience than me, I've sent our Shetland sheep fleeces off in the post for someone else to deal with...

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Musing from my everyday life of being a new mummy, with snatched spare moments for crafting and foraging for vintage goodies. With lots of pets to look after and a jungle of a garden its a busy life I lead. Good job I don't like sitting still...